Baking-powder.



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UNITED STATES rarsntr orrion JOHN IiIABVEY HII'LQQI', 0F BATTLE ammercwnsn i No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

6 it known that I, JOHN HARVEY Klan to the bread or cooked product is introduced,-

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is more or less objection- 1 am aware that it has been heretofore at-' ten'ipted to utilize hydrochlorieacid and bicarbonate of soda in a bakin Y powder and l have regarded these in redients as very lint there has been no practical way of utilizing the same so far I am aware. To introduce the acid into the flour without further preparation has resulted in an injury to the Hour by the attack of the acid upon the starch by the reaction of the acid preventing a proper distribution of the same and making such distribntion practically impossible. The result of mixing the carbonate under such circumstances is to secure strong. action at some points and scarcely any at others, the thing obviously to be avoided.

it is the object of this invention to prpvidc an economical practical and convenient raising mixture which does not introduce into the finished product,either bread, biscuit, or cake, any ingredient other than that which naturally occurs there, the ingredient added as the result of appl ing this inventicn being merely sodium cilorid, or comlnon'salt,aningredient quite universally ."l"he inventioi-r is clearly added to food.

Other objects, relating to the details,nvill a ppcar from the description. to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. I

defined and pointed out in the claims.

-I first take gluten, which has been 'prepared fronrwheat or other cerealpreferably wheat, however, which is as pure and .free from starch as it is possible to obtain it bythe ordinary methods of manufacture.

Epeeifinotionof Letters How Application filed August 21, 1.905. Serial No. 275,039.

' To this I add hydrochloric acid pro mtion of one part of Weight of the aci to four ,parts of the gluten. After the mass has, been thoroughly mixed, I allow it to Stand for a few hours, The solution of hydrochloric acid used is of the full strength sold as chemically pure by the druggist or dealer. However, the full strength com- ,mercial acid, as it is called, would serve the purpose, although, of course, there are likely to be some impurities in it. A longer or shorter period is sometimes required. At the .1.111 of this period the lnten becomes dry and the acid 1s thoroug gy absorbed into the same, and, so far asl am able to judge, enters into an unstable chemical union therewith. This I will denominate acid-gluten. I then mix this acid gluten with a quantity of flour oistarch, when the same 1s to be used in baking powder.

For another ingredient of the baking powder or self raising flour, I take bicarbonate of soda, in the proportion of four pounds of soda to each five pounds of hydrochloric acid that was used in the preparation of the acid-gluten mixture, and add to this a. quantity of ordinary wheat flour or starch suflicient to prevent chemical union or action be tween the soda and the acid-gluten whenthe two are mixed together'l Experience shows that the addition of soda directly to the acid- PatentedA-ng, an. teas,

gluten results, in a comparatively short time,

in chemical action between the acid and the soda, libelding carbonic acid gas and so de stroying the raising power of the mixture.

The proportion of starch or flour required will, depend upon the dryness of the mixture and the manner in which the mixture 'is to be preserved. If kept perfectly dry, the

proportion of flour or starch may be less than if preserved. under ordinary atmospheric conditions. e find that a mixture in whichthe amount of fiouremployed is twice the weight of'the acid gluten, keeps well. The flour or starch, to resist the chem.-

ical action, may be divided between the soda which might exist un'coinbined or unabsorbed by the gluten. ThlS bicarbonate of soda mixture and the acid-gluten mixture may be mixed with a comparatively small proportion of flour, and a portion thereof may then be added to a larger portion of flour and admixed therewith and water added, and in that way be used the same as ordinary baking powder.

The very best results, however, will beobtained by a thorough admixture of the acidgluten containing five pounds of hydrochloric acid with 600 to 700 pounds of flour, and to this mixture should be added four pounds of bicarbonate of soda, and the whole thoroughly and evenly mixed. This mixture can simply be stirred up with water, and the carbonic acid gas developed from the reaction of the hydrochloric acid and bicarbonate of soda will aerate this amount of The resultin chemical com ound from the reaction will be merely a litt e salt, and to season to the average taste it will be necessar to add a further amount of salt.

: The aci gluten and bicarbonate of soda can The addition of the gluten to the flour enriches the bread and makes the same a more fit health food for diabetics and other invalids.

I desire to remark that the acid-gluten as I have described it, admixed, is the base of my invention, and that the same could be prepared and could be stirred into flour in which bicarbonate of soda had been mixed by the housewife or bread maker; whereupon on the addition of water a roper and satisfactory aerated bread or loa would be produced. It can be used with other suitable carbonates as saleratus.

The self-raising mixture is adapted for use with corn flour, buckwheat flour, barley flour, rye flour, rice flour, oatmeal, potato flour, and other farinaceous roducts. The proportions I have given cou d be increased, which would, of course, increase the volume of carbonic acid gas liberated, and by using with hydrochloric acid,

assess a smaller amount; less aeration will be secured; v

My improved mixture is applicable and desirable for use in a self-raising flour, not only for bread making, but for the makin of sweet cakes, griddle cakes, dumplings, an an other foods in which aeration is desirab e. It could, of course, be effectively used where eggs are introduced into the food.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is v 1..A raising mixture consistin of dry gluten powder impre nated with hydrochloric acid and combined therewith admixed with flour and bicarbonate of soda.

2. A raising mixture consistin of dry gluten powder impregnated with hydrochloric acid and combined therewith, and bicarbonate of soda, with an inert retarding powder, as flour or starch.

3. A raising mixture consisting of dry powdered gluten impregnated and combined admixed with flour and a suitable carbonate. 4. A raising mixture consisting of dry gluten powder impregnated with hydrochloric acid and combined therewith, and a suitable carbonate, with an inert retarding powder, as flour orstarch.

5. The process of preparing a raising mixture, QODSISHH" in treatin gluten with hydrochloric acid until. the g uten becomes inrpregnated therewith, drying the same, admixing flour therewith, and adding bicar' bonateof soda.

6. The process of preparing at raising .mixture, consisting in treating gluten with. by drochloric acid, reducing the same to a owder, admixing flour therewith, and addmg a suitable carbonate.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HARZYEY KELLOGG,

' Witnesses Mrs. L. C; PARSHALL, NEWTON K. Smmnnn; 

